Science X Dialog
Science X Dialog is where researchers can share news and information about their own published journal articles.
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Dialog / Methane-eating bacteria found in a common tree is possible game-changer for curbing greenhouse gases
Trees are the Earth's lungs—it's well understood they drawdown and lock up vast amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. But emerging research is showing trees can also emit methane, and it's currently unknown just ...
Dialog / Embrace the unexpected: To teach AI how to handle new situations, change the rules of the game
My colleagues and I changed a digital version of Monopoly so that instead of getting US$200 each time a player passes Go, the player is charged a wealth tax. We didn't do this to gain an advantage or trick anyone. The purpose ...
Dialog / How to count birds when every bird counts: Choosing the best approach in desert mountains
High mountain bird communities tend to be poorly studied due to their relative inaccessibility, but are vulnerable to declines and extirpations driven by global warming and habitat change, even in protected areas. Recent ...
Dialog / Iluminating a control knob for topological insulators
Topological insulators are a new generation of materials bearing intriguing properties that might be instrumental for quantum computing and quantum information. Found in the lab for the first time in 2007, two-dimensional ...
Dialog / Horses can recognize themselves in a mirror, study finds
If you ask people to list the most intelligent animals, they'll name a few usual suspects. Chimpanzees, dolphins and elephants are often mentioned, as are crows, dogs and occasionally pigs. Horses don't usually get a look ...
Dialog / Scientists invent home COVID-19 test using coffee machine capsules
Transitioning to home working had its challenges for us all, but when your job involves researching biological applications for nanotechnology, those trials are a little more complicated than juggling the household's broadband ...
Dialog / Half of global methane emissions come from aquatic ecosystems—much of it human-made
Methane—a greenhouse gas far more potent than carbon dioxide—plays a major role in controlling the Earth's climate. But methane concentrations in the atmosphere today are 150% higher than before the industrial revolution.
Dialog / Reactive molecular dynamics reveals fundamental mechanism of resistive switching in 2D materials
Conventional computers are based on von Neumann architecture in which data processing and storage are physically separated. Data shuttling between processing unit and memory leads extra energy consumption and restricts the ...
Dialog / Cancer vaccines revitalized by antigenic essence technology
Recently, cancer vaccine development has been complemented by our antigenic essence technology. Considering that the creation of cancer vaccines is a constant priority for research and biotechnology, the emergence of new ...
Dialog / Earlier evidence of human rituals and innovation found in ancient rocks
The Kalahari is a huge expanse of desert in southern Africa, stretching across Botswana and into the northernmost part of South Africa's Northern Cape province.
Dialog / Are we more closely related to starfish or insects? Study questions 100 years of consensus
How humans evolved from the very first animals over the last 600 million years is an endlessly fascinating question. When piecing together the many steps leading from our first simple animal ancestor to modern Homo sapiens, ...
Dialog / New physics at the Large Hadron Collider? Scientists are excited, but it's too soon to be sure
Last week, physicists at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland announced they might have discovered a brand new force of nature. Or, to be precise, they unveiled "new results which, if confirmed, would suggest hints of ...